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L. GILLON. MACHINE FOR GARDING'BUTTONS BY MEANS o? ELEGTMGXTY.

No. 296,401. Q Patented Apr. 8, 1884.

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A 3 Sheets-Sheet 3. L. GIVLLQN. -v MACHINE FR CARDIN@ BUTTONS BY MEANS FELECTRITY. No. 296,401.' A Patentedzp. 8, M2M

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"f herren Sfr Arno WENT innen- LGUIS GILL, OF LES LILAS, NEAR PARIS,FRCE,

MCHNE FCR CARDING BUTTONS BY MEANS OF ELECTRCETY.

SPECIFICATION forming part: of Letters Patent No. 296,401, dated April8. 1886,

Application tiled January 7, lf (No model.) Patented in France Marsh S,1583, Xo.15=i,156.nnd in Belgium Marel: 10, l:

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To @M whom, il; may concern:

Be it, known that I, LDUIS GILLGNj of the eitr of Les Lilas near Peris,France, hnveinvented an Improved Machine for Cording Buttons by Means ofEleotrioity, (for which have obtained a potent in France for fifteenyears, No. 15h18@ dated )inroh S, 18323, und in Belgium for fifteenyears, Je. orlhdnted March l0, 1533,) of which the foliowing is a full,clear, nid emot description.`

This invention relates to o innohineior oordinginetoi-Shnnk buttons,ontlis honed upon the application of the attractive force developed inthe core of an electro-magnet by the pnssogeof on eleetrie current toeffeo thedifstribnton of the buttons in their proper positions upon thecords, which are fed up to the innehine continuously or intermittently.

In order that the invention may be more readily understood, I haverepresented examples oi the rnnohino in the accompanying d rnwings,wherein- Figure l represents iside elevation, and Fig. 2 is n top pion,ot' the n1nehine,i\'hii3h is doubleoet-ing. Fig. 3 on end elevation o1'the ineehine.

in these iignres the sinne letters of refe-renee indient@ the seinepnrts.

l'he hnttonn are tiret placed in chutes ci, of whieh the renter one onlyis shown in the drawings, the others being only indiented by theircenter lines. In the machine here represented there nre two Sets ot'chutes o; but, there muy he :L single set only. lneh Set coniprines ninoehntes, by preference, corresponding to the nine buttons. of' enoh lineon the enrd. The ehuiies n :rre oi' Sneh form ond :it such onineiirnniion ihni'. the buttons plieed therein hure :n tendency to rollupon themselves nntii the ehonh. hy opposing this roten tion, mfqnireb;n forward position. The regidor descent ot the buttons is insured bynjiirring motion imported h yn wiper-wheel, (i, und rods e, on whiehrodey the upper ports ofthe chiites ere snlpxported. The buttons et'ene-h lienre distributed one hy one to the lower port; of the chute h):two vertmadly-movable pine, d', whieh nro mined whenever it is necessaryto ation' of the wird changing its position. to receive :i new ow oiindiens. iwo other pins.

e, separated from the pins d by the extent; of o button, t-hen rise toseparate the one in front; frein those that follow :ind preventtheirdescent. These pins (Z and c nre Carried upon Separate oross-hnrsf,aotnnied hy ruins 71 and hy the medium of the arms at :ind 5 and rods 6and 7. The first buttonotenrhiileis brought vexactly over ny hole inodein the oord by the attraction of the iron shank of the button by thepole-piece of :i magnet or eleetroinognet excited hy o. current from n.battery or other generator. This eleetroonngnet is shown in Fig. 3, andwill he described hereinafter. Then the current passes, euch hntton ispoised upon its Shank above the correspoinling hole in the cord, and thenine buttons :ire sinniltnneously pressed by the cross-har i', which isslightly hollowed opposite oooh hntlon.

To increase the nttrnetive oli'ert ol the pole pieoe'j of theelect-ro-nmgnet le, und in order that this attraction may he uniformlydiS- tribnted 'from one end to the other, the polepieee is notched, so:is topi-osent opposite oooh hole in the oord, mid eonneqn'entlyopposite eneh button, n tooth or sind, nt the extremity vof whieh themagnetic eil'eet. which neto on the button is developed. 'The crosnhnr'i is actuated by the eznns .r through the inedinin of rods l. Theelei'irie communication is es tnhlshed nt und for the duration oi' timerequired by ineens ot' n eonnnntntor. in, whose periphery is Composedpartly ot' viiiennte or other insulating mattei-inl, and ngninst whichrnhs :i brush, n. The oir-enit broken when the brush n touches theinnnlntingporiion, und is completed when it.` maken eoninet with thelnetallio portion of the eoinxnntntor.. nt which moment the button isnttrneled und poised upon its Shank opposite thehQh-s in the rnrdn, ondretains itin t-h-.d position nniii [erred into pince by the Apressureet' the cross-hor The eordsnre fed np by menno o' ehnins or hnndn, uponwhich the)y nre- Zixed h5' anni!! pringbinden like impor-clips. or in:my oihrr nble way.

ln order to bring ihe holes in the uird' posite the projecting` sinds,et the pole-l j, the enni o :lotnznes' throng-'h the lever-p und the rodqu poni. r, n'hoh theirs to the extent ot' five teeth et' nroteinl'-xrheel. s, The pow! i OO 'is held back by a. pin, t, whichallows it to en! gage only lwith every fifth tooth. (See Figs.

4 and 5.) The pin t is raised for the. passage' offeach successive cardby means of a cam v,made in three parts andv formed on the face of thewheel s. The carriage u, in which the chain or band wheel shaft ismounted, is adjustable for regulating the tension of the band or chain,as willl be readily understood.

' therein until the lower row reaches the raised o isa plate to supportthe cards under the weight ofthe buttons and the pressure exerted pinsd. Then the pins e are raised and the pins d lowered to let the lowerrow of buttons descend fartheruntil their Shanks are aligned with theholes in the card, and they are then subjected to the action of; anelectro-magnet and of the cross-bar i, in manner already described. Thecard is then moved tobring another row'of holes in position, the pins dare raised, the pins e lowered., and the operationis then continued, asbefore stated.v

I elaim- The combination of the chutes a, pins de, electro-magnet k,`notched pole-piece j, and

.bar t' with mechanism, substantially as described, for moving the pinse and the bar e',

and for `movingI a card over the notched polepiece and under the barfsubstantially as herein shown and described.

The foregoing specification of my improved machine for carding buttonsby means of electricity signed by me this 17th day of Novem# ber, 1883.

v LOUIS GILLON. vWitnesses: l

Rom. M. HooPER, y J EAN BAPTISTE ROLLAND.

